NORTHERN OCEAN; 
eafily be conceived, much lefs defcribed ; though 
155) 
1771. 
I fummed up all the fortitude I was matter of en 
on the occafion, it was with difficulty that I could 
refrain from tears; and I am confident that my 
features mutt have feelingly exprefled how fincere- 
ly I was affected at the barbarous fcene I then 
witnefled ; even at this hour I cannot refle& on 
the tranfactions of that horrid day without fhed- 
ding tears. 
_ The bratifh manner in which thefe favages ufed 
the bodies they had fo cruelly bereaved of life 
was fo fhocking, that it would be indecent to 
defcribe it; particularly their curiofity in exa- 
mining, and the remarks they made, on the for- 
mation of the women; which, they pretended 
to fay, differed materially from that of their own. 
For my own part I muft acknowledge, that how- 
ever favourable the opportunity for determining 
that point might have been, yet my thoughts at 
the time were too much agitated to admit of any 
fuch remarks; and I firmly believe, that had 
there actually been as much difference between 
them as there is faid to be between the Hottentots 
and thofe of Europe, it would not have been in 
my power to have marked the diftinction. I 
have reafon to think, however, that there is no 
ground for the aflertion; and really believe that 
the declaration of the Indians on this occafion, 
was utterly void of truth, and proceeded only 
from the implacable hatred they bore to the whole 
“tribe of people of whom I am fpeaking. 
When 
July. 
